- The Ranch (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = The Ranch
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Origin =Nashville, Tennessee ,USA
Years_active = 1997
Label = Capitol
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Past_members = Peter Clarke
Jerry FlowersKeith Urban The Ranch was a three-member
country music band, formed byNew Zealand -born country artistKeith Urban in 1997. Urban served as the band's lead vocalist, in addition to playingguitar , ganjo, and keyboards. Jerry Flowers sang harmony vocals and playedbass guitar , and Peter Clarke played drums. [cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE7FAD5D99D77&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title="Funktry", Chesney & Willie |accessdate=2008-09-05 |last=Alexander |first=Wiley |date=1997-10-10 |work=San Antonio Express-News]The band recorded only one album and charted two singles on the country charts before disbanding in 1998. Besides its two sinles, "The Ranch" included a song entitled "Some Days You Gotta Dance", which was later released as a single by the
Dixie Chicks from their 1999 album "Fly", and which also featured Urban on guitar. Urban later started a solo career onCapitol Records . The Ranch's album was re-issued in 2004 on Capitol/EMI as "Keith Urban in The Ranch".Discography
The Ranch (1997)
Infobox Album
Name = The Ranch
Type = studio
Artist = The Ranch
Released = 1997
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Country
Label = Capitol
Producer = Miles Copeland, Carlton "Santa" Davis, Monty Powell, Keith Urban
Reviews =Allmusic - rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfyxqqaldke link]
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = 2004 re-release ("Keith Urban in The Ranch")
Type = studio
Lower caption = Re-release coverTrack listing
All songs written by Keith Urban and Vernon Rust, except where noted.
#"Walkin' the Country"
#"Homespun Love"
#"Just Some Love" (Cyril Lawson, Scott Phelps)
#"Some Days You Gotta Dance" (Marshall Morgan, Troy Johnson)
#"My Last Name"
#"Desiree"
#"Freedom's Finally Mine"
#"Hank Don't Fail Me Now"
#"Tangled Up In Love"
#"Clutterbilly" (Urban, Peter Clarke, G. M. Holden)
#*instrumental
#"Man of the House" (Rust)
#"Ghost in the Guitar"
#"Stuck in the Middle " (Gerry Rafferty ,Joe Egan )1
#"Billy" (Gary Burr , Monty Powell, Urban)11Bonus tracks, featured only on 2004 re-release.
Personnel
*Peter Clarke – drums, percussion
*Jerry Flowers –bass guitar ,background vocals
*Keith Urban –acoustic guitar ,electric guitar , ganjo, keyboards,lead vocals ingles
References
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